Aria (2001)

Directed by

Pjotr Sapegin

Genre

animation

Country

Norway, Canada

Runtime

11 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This stop-motion animated short retells the story of Madame Butterfly. It uses puppet figures and Puccini's opera music to show a Japanese geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

fairy-tale-likepoignantvisually stylizedslow-pacedmelancholicintimateemotionalmusicalminiature-scale

What happens

Aria is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001. A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of Madame Butterfly, set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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